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Charlestown councilor, former JCDA members say county removed municipal representation without notice
Summary
Speakers at the Harpers Ferry Town Council meeting said Jefferson County commissioners removed municipal representatives from the Jefferson County Development Authority board without notice, raising concerns about loss of municipal representation and possible Open Meetings Act violations.
Elizabeth Ricketts, a Charlestown city council member and the current Jefferson County representative to the Hagerstown Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Roberta Mead Curry told the Harpers Ferry Town Council on July 14 they were removed from the Jefferson County Development Authority board without notice. Ricketts said the county commission immediately restructured the JCDA board into a smaller panel and began conducting interviews for the new board.
Ricketts said the removals eliminated guaranteed municipal…
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